► New Song: “Castaways (Daymusik Remix)” - Watch the visualizer here (outdated version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHW8CpRMqUo And now, for something completely different! Remember when this song was popular? Me neither! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back in early 2021, this song was making its rounds on TikTok. After I caught wind of it on YouTube — I don't use TikTok all that often — I was reminded how much I enjoyed watching The Backyardigans when I was younger! I actually remixed this song back in 2021. Honestly, I wanted to jump on the trend and tried to crank out that remix as quickly as I could. But, since I was working in such a starkly contrasting style than I'm used to, it didn't turn out very well, so I've spent all that time in the interim getting it to somewhere I am proud of.
The original song is in a bossa nova style. In researching other remixes of this song — I believe I've said this before, but for anyone actually reading this, I conduct research on songs I'm remixing, which includes listening to other renditions of the song so that I don't accidentally make something too similar to someone else's remix, to derive some inspiration where I need it — I quickly noticed that there were already a few remixes of the song, of course, and they were all some sort of EDM style. I thought about going for a simpler, calmer, more subtle EDM genre, but I'm not too good with those just yet, and it eventually morphed into a simple jazz cover. Yes, I do say "cover" because I decided to record some bass vocals to underlay behind the main cast's vocals.
Lyrics: Castaways We are castaways Ahoy, there Ahoy We are castaways We're stuck where we are With no house, no car Castaways, ahoy We are castaways
We were out at sea on a sailing ship The rain began to rain and the wind began to whip We felt the ship tip — it was going down So, we launched our lifeboat So we wouldn't drown
Castaways We are castaways Ahoy there Ahoy We are castaways On an island at sea Just me, me, and me Castaways, ahoy We are castaways
Castaways We are castaways Ahoy, there Ahoy We are castaways We're stuck where we are With no house, no car Castaways, ahoy We are castaways
We were out at sea on a sailing ship The rain began to rain and the wind began to whip We felt the ship tip — it was going down So, we launched our lifeboat So we wouldn't drown
Castaways We are castaways Ahoy there Ahoy We are castaways On an island at sea Just me, me, and me Castaways, ahoy We are castaways
